Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[ILoveDisney&Cruising]

This is a terrible picture ... but here's what we made:

Christmas ornament (clear plastic ornament, so it would be easier for people to transport back home ~ purchased at Michaels) filled with:

sand
2 shells
3 Mickey beads

and personalized ribbon that said: DVC Member Cruise ~ September 18-22, 2011

We had fun making them!!

 

[ladybug23]

This is a terrible picture ... but here's what we made:

Christmas ornament (clear plastic ornament, so it would be easier for people to transport back home ~ purchased at Michaels) filled with:

sand
2 shells
3 Mickey beads

and personalized ribbon that said: DVC Member Cruise ~ September 18-22, 2011

We had fun making them!!

Beautiful!!! I look forward to getting mine in December 2012

Love ya Sista!

I can't post here what I am giving out until after my 11/6/11 cruise is over. But I am excited to show off my handy work!

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

This is a terrible picture ... but here's what we made:

Christmas ornament (clear plastic ornament, so it would be easier for people to transport back home ~ purchased at Michaels) filled with:

sand
2 shells
3 Mickey beads

and personalized ribbon that said: DVC Member Cruise ~ September 18-22, 2011

We had fun making them!!

You're right, the picture doesn't do it justice. They are great! We love ours. Thanks so much!!! How in the world did you pack them so they didn't break?

 

[kiddisney]

hi - great ornaments - if haven't left - just one note - you may want to glue the tops on - we did the same thing for our alaska cruise - bringing the jersey shore to our fe's - and we had a lot of sand leakage - and also a couple of cracked tops - and we really cushioned then - but they do make a great fe - good luck

 

[Luckymomoftwo]

This is a terrible picture ... but here's what we made:

Christmas ornament (clear plastic ornament, so it would be easier for people to transport back home ~ purchased at Michaels) filled with:

sand
2 shells
3 Mickey beads

and personalized ribbon that said: DVC Member Cruise ~ September 18-22, 2011

We had fun making them!!

We LOVE the ornament!!! I think I actually let out a squeal when I pulled it out of my FE because I thought it was SO cute!!!!! And, how in the WORLD did you get those onto the ship without them breaking?!

 

[KarlaG4Kids]

Where did you find the cool Mickey beads? I LOVE the ornaments and wish I could have one!

 

[ILoveDisney&Cruising]

We LOVE the ornament!!! I think I actually let out a squeal when I pulled it out of my FE because I thought it was SO cute!!!!! And, how in the WORLD did you get those onto the ship without them breaking?!

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

We packed them into plastic shoeboxes - 10 ornaments per box ... and put the shoeboxes in a carry-on. They are actually PLASTIC ornaments - bought them at Michaels around this time last year, although they might stock them year-round.

someone else asked about the beads:

The Mickey beads are from elastic bracelets purchased at WDW. I think there are 33(ish) beads per bracelet, so we just cut the elastic and used several per ornament.

personalized ribbon:

bought from eBay, but there are many places online that sell personalized wedding ribbons, etc.

I swiped the whole idea from someone else here on the DIS - so sorry I can't remember who, but thank you, whoever you are!!!

 

[stitchnbead3]

This is a terrible picture ... but here's what we made:

Christmas ornament (clear plastic ornament, so it would be easier for people to transport back home ~ purchased at Michaels) filled with:

sand
2 shells
3 Mickey beads

and personalized ribbon that said: DVC Member Cruise ~ September 18-22, 2011

We had fun making them!!

We loved getting this ornament, very creative - Thanks!

 

[Luckymomoftwo]

Here's what I made for our cruise: Magnets with names, magnets with a picture of the ship and the dates of the cruise, and a picture frame. When I started making the picture frames, I had no idea how much time they were actually going to take. But I was pleased with the finished product! (And I hope the recipients were too) The picture in the frame is a copy of the post card that is in the desk drawer in the staterooms...I just printed a bunch of copies at Walgreens.

 

[JustTJ]

Luckymomoftwo, we received your picture frame on the 1st part of your B2B (which was the last half of our B2B) I love the frame!! I made similar for our cruise last fall on the magic. I have the frame you gave us, displayed on our fire place mantel, and the magnets are on the fridge Lovely Gifts

 

[Cruella 66]

I love the Christmas ornament idea...and already bought the clear ornaments @ Michaels! You can get personalized ribbon on Ebay? Where? I wonder if I could buy the braclets in the Disney Store.... I love the magnet ideas too...

Tell me, is there an about amount per FE one should do? This is my first time at this rodeo.

 

[RinkyTinkyTinky]

I just finished my FEs and wanted to share them with you guys since I got my ideas from right here on this thread! I can't credit everyone now since I don't remember where each idea came from, but thank you to everyone for your ideas and for those of you who do Disigns for all of us to use!

Here's what I made:

Bookmarks for the kids...

And for the adults...

Then I made goodie bags for everyone with personalized bag toppers. I tried to find as much Disney themed candy as possible to go in them. I found Cars Pop Rocks, Tinker Bell Sweetarts, Pixy Stix (we call them pixie dust sticks!), and gummy pirate teeth! My DD tried them and said they were all good!

And last but not least, I got small glass bottles with corks from Micheal's and put some sea glass in the bottom of each one. Then I made Disney Cruise Line tags from my scrapbooking stuff and tied some ribbon around the necks of the bottles. On the backside of the tags I put the date that we would be at Castaway Cay. Finally, I wrote a little poem to explain what to do with the bottles and rolled them up and stuck them inside.

Back of the tag...

My poem...

 

[LindaBabe]

those are clever! You gals spent a lot of time and effort making those lovely gifts, Rinkytinky and Luckymom!

 

[KaryCam]

And last but not least, I got small glass bottles with corks from Micheal's and put some sea glass in the bottom of each one. Then I made Disney Cruise Line tags from my scrapbooking stuff and tied some ribbon around the necks of the bottles. On the backside of the tags I put the date that we would be at Castaway Cay. Finally, I wrote a little poem to explain what to do with the bottles and rolled them up and stuck them inside.

I did an idea like this for my cruise coming up too. But I made it a local thing by filling it with sand and giving info about my local beach. It was named the 2011 best beach in the USA.

 

[mainstreetmagic]

And last but not least, I got small glass bottles with corks from Micheal's and put some sea glass in the bottom of each one. Then I made Disney Cruise Line tags from my scrapbooking stuff and tied some ribbon around the necks of the bottles. On the backside of the tags I put the date that we would be at Castaway Cay. Finally, I wrote a little poem to explain what to do with the bottles and rolled them up and stuck them inside.

Back of the tag...

My poem...

These are just beautiful. I love this idea!

 

[mbbarron]

Ok, I'm a little intimidated by all the beautiful pictures of these super crafty homemade FE's.

I am participating in my first FE and found these really nice solid colored stainless steel water bottles at a good price but need ideas on how to customize them. At first I was thinking I would just take a sharpie and put "the so and so family" on them with a tag that has our cruise details. But I'm not sure my handwriting is going to come out all that well.

Suggestions on how to make these look nice? Keep in mind that I don't have fancy crafting supplies! But I'm good with the printer!

TIA!

 

[thesaurinis]

I am posting a picture of all of our FE gifts (I hope I had it all added in minus a few candy snacks the kids ate. LOL)

Also I am posting 2 pictures of the gifts I handed out. I also took a Hershey Candy bar and wrapped the bottom with black and the top with red and put 2 white buttons on it to look like Mickey clothes, but forgot to take a picture and didn't have any extras. Crazy of me I know but oh well. I sure hope everyone in our FE swap on the Disney Dream from 9/25-29/2011 enjoyed all the gifts as much as I enjoyed making them. We had a great time and were first time DCL cruisers so had no idea what to expect.

 

[miry]

Ok, I'm a little intimidated by all the beautiful pictures of these super crafty homemade FE's.

I am participating in my first FE and found these really nice solid colored stainless steel water bottles at a good price but need ideas on how to customize them. At first I was thinking I would just take a sharpie and put "the so and so family" on them with a tag that has our cruise details. But I'm not sure my handwriting is going to come out all that well.

Suggestions on how to make these look nice? Keep in mind that I don't have fancy crafting supplies! But I'm good with the printer!

TIA!

hi tia, check online for clear waterproof labels. We did the same the for a state convention last year and they came out well. I know they come in various sizes and you can purchase them by the sheet. sorry i don't have a direct link anymore

 

[dthogue]

I just finished my FEs and wanted to share them with you guys since I got my ideas from right here on this thread! I can't credit everyone now since I don't remember where each idea came from, but thank you to everyone for your ideas and for those of you who do Disigns for all of us to use!

Here's what I made:

Bookmarks for the kids...

And for the adults...

Then I made goodie bags for everyone with personalized bag toppers. I tried to find as much Disney themed candy as possible to go in them. I found Cars Pop Rocks, Tinker Bell Sweetarts, Pixy Stix (we call them pixie dust sticks!), and gummy pirate teeth! My DD tried them and said they were all good!

And last but not least, I got small glass bottles with corks from Micheal's and put some sea glass in the bottom of each one. Then I made Disney Cruise Line tags from my scrapbooking stuff and tied some ribbon around the necks of the bottles. On the backside of the tags I put the date that we would be at Castaway Cay. Finally, I wrote a little poem to explain what to do with the bottles and rolled them up and stuck them inside.

Back of the tag...

My poem...

I love your bottles - cute idea.

but, If I remember correctly there are signs posted on Castaway Cay about not removing sand and shells from the beach. They want you to leave those things for others to enjoy!

 

[marciemouse]

Found this thread yesterday morning... Guess what I did over the last 36 hours?! We are taking our first cruise in March, and I'm excited to participate in a FE exchange. My two DD's will enjoy it a lot, I think!

Quick question, there were several references to lanyards and KTTW holders on here. Does DCL give each guest a lanyard with ID holder? Or should we plan on making/bringing our own?